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Andy McCollum

Andy McCollum held Middle Tennessee at Regional Program I for 7 seasons.

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1999–2005 · 1 stint
Middle Tennessee
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Career arc

His real stature score, season by season, across every program he’s coached — so a stretch that stays in one tier the whole way can still climb or sink on the line, not just flatten out. Node color marks the tier reached. Which program a stretch belongs to is carried by the shaded lane behind it.

Stature score reached, by season of his head-coaching careerMIDDLE TENNESSEENational Programrespectable, streakyRegional Programthe building-block levelMiddle Tennessee, 1999: 3-8, Regional Program III1999Middle Tennessee, 2000: 6-5, Regional Program II2000Middle Tennessee, 2001: 8-3, Regional Program II2001Middle Tennessee, 2002: 4-8, Regional Program I2002Middle Tennessee, 2003: 4-8, Regional Program II2003Middle Tennessee, 2004: 5-6, Regional Program III2004Middle Tennessee, 2005: 4-7, Regional Program III2005+0.0One point per coached season, in career order; dashed segments are program changes — spacing is not proportional to calendar time

Reached Regional Program in his 1st career season — faster than 20% of the 925 FBS coaches who have ever reached Regional Program (rank #1 of 925 by seasons-to-arrival).

Middle Tennessee, 7 seasons
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Regional Program III → Regional Program III.

The big-game ledger

How he does in the games that matter most — rivalry record, performance broken out by real opponent tier, one-score games, and his toughest historical matchup.

Winless in 5 tries against Darrell Dickey.

One-score games
6–15
28.6% · margin ≤8
vs. Blue Blood or better
0–2
0.0%
The toughest matchupNemesis
vs. Darrell Dickey0–5
5 meetings, 2001–2005
’01 L’02 L’03 L’04 L’05 L
Performance by opponent class
Blue Blood
0–2 0.0%
Power Program
0–5 0.0%
National Program
0–7 0.0%
Regional Program
27–25 51.9%

Coaching career

1999–2005
Middle Tennesseecaretaker
Regional Program I
Andy McCollum held Middle Tennessee at Regional Program I for 7 seasons.

1st-best Middle Tennessee tenure of 3 by the numbers.

Succeeded by Rick Stockstill (2006–2023).

3 NFL Draft picks: Sulecio Sanford (1999), Kendall Newson (2002), Tyrone Calico (2003)

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